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Tommyensr Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

connectors

0what's difference among (1) , (2) and (3) ?02br
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01b00Tom works hard ,and he is good at TOEFL . (1)02b02br
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01b00Tom works hard ,so he is good at TOEFL . (2)02b02br
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01b00Tom works hard; as a result, he is good at TOEFL. (3)02b0-
  

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02br 02br 00"as a result" in your 3rd sentence establishes a STRONG causal connection. 0-

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  • 02br 02br 00"as a result" in your 3rd sentence establishes a STRONG causal connection.
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0Hi,02br
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00I will try to answer your question until some other person gets in here .02br
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00"and" in your 1st sentence establishes a connection.02br
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00"so" in your 2nd sentence a somewhat strong relational connection.02br
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00"as a result" in your 3rd sentence establishes a STRONG causal connection.
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02 and 3 are about the same. Although 2 sounds more natural.02br
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001 just tells me two things about Tom. Tom has green hair, and he likes banana. No connection.02br
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00By the way, the comma belongs before the space. Not Tom works hard ,so but Tom works hard, so0-
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0anything difference?02br
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01b00Tom works hard so Tom is good at TOEFL. (4)02b02br
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00note: without a comma0-
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0 A comma would be used in that sentence. Removing the comma does not change the meaning, if that's what you are asking.02br
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0if there're same meaning02br
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00it's neccessary to put a comma in the sentence?0-
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0 Yes. It's standard practice to put a comma between two clauses when both contain a subject.02br
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00 He walked and ran.02br
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00 He walked, and he ran.02br
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